Structured Literacy with E.A.S.E is a research-based program that was created based on both the Science of Reading and the Simple View of Reading. It addresses all the strands of Scarborough’s Reading Rope.
This program will help teachers in many ways. First, teachers will be able to confidently implement practices that align with the research behind how the brain learns to read. Additionally, teachers will learn to support children so they can learn the English code with less effort and stress. Finally, the program provides an easy-to-follow roadmap so teachers can help each child in the classroom learn to read.
You are in the right place if you are ready to transition your instruction and use a Structured Literacy framework based on the research behind the Science of Reading.
Be prepared to learn new strategies and tactics that will help all children learn the code.
It’s time to transition away from the methodologies you’ve previously taught and embrace the Science of Reading research, and you are in the right place to get started!
If you are…
Structured Literacy with E.A.S.E. will give you the tools, lessons, and strategies to implement a solid Structured Literacy framework during your small-group instruction that will successfully help your students learn the code and begin their journey to reading for meaning.
…successfully taught foundational and phonemic awareness skills that provide students with a solid foundation for their literacy development.
Students will continue to grow as they bridge the gap between learning to read and reading to learn.
…explicitly and systematically taught students the English code based on grade-level expectations.
Students will have learned how to attack letters/words using decoding strategies rather than by guessing.
…helped students easily map regular and irregular high-frequency words in their orthographic lexicon.
Students will understand how to successfully apply phoneme-grapheme mapping strategies to all words they encounter.
…allowed students to feel successful while learning to read by using high-quality, well-developed readers.
Students will be exposed to skills that spiral and will feel confident in their reading abilities early in the program.
…developed students’ comprehension and vocabulary skills by integrating the language strands of Scarborough’s Reading Rope.
Students will practice their skills during small-group instructional time and will understand the text on a deeper level.
I am using Sequence 2 & 3 with some learning disabled students and noticing they are starting to use some of the syllable blending rules when coming across multisyllabic words. I have also noticed them applying these strategies when they are writing. Yay!
I have been using Sequence 1 with some of my first and second graders while incorporating the heart words and 109 HFW. I am seeing growth in my students.
K–1 Kit
*402 Total Decodable Books
$4,999
$2,499
per
kit
2–4 Kit
*600 Total Decodable Books
$5,445
$2,772
per
kit
Complete Kit
*600 Total Decodable Books
$5,699
$2,849
per
kit
Digital Only
320 Total Decodable Books
$267
annual
membership
Total Value:
$5,900.00
*These resources include six copies each for student use during small-group instruction.
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Program Information and
Explicit Scope & Sequence
What’s inside…
A Science of Reading
Phonics & Word Study Program
The lessons in this program are part of a systematic, sequential scope and sequence, and they come packed with activities that support a Structured Literacy approach. Based on the Science of Reading, our comprehensive phonics and word study curriculum helps students explicitly and systematically decode words using research-based practices best suited for learners in grades K-4.
The program is organized into modules called “sequences.” The sequences are not correlated to specific grades but instead are flexible to meet the needs of individual learners.
Sound Sequence
The Sound Sequence covers basic consonant and short vowel sounds as well as proper letter formation for the 26 letters of the alphabet. This sequence also introduces the 13 most critical high-frequency words students need to know. These 13 high-frequency words make up 25% of written text in children’s books (Burkins & Yates, 2021) and therefore are incredibly important for beginning readers. Although these 13 words are taught explicitly and mapped later in the program, they are introduced in this sequence so students can begin to build lexical quality, which will be reinforced throughout the program using repeated exposures to/interactions with the words.
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Readiness Sequence
This sequence focuses solely on learning the 109 most critical high-frequency words students need to know in order to become fluent readers. Equipped with the ability to read these 109 words (and their derivatives) and some basic phonics knowledge, children will be able to read “90 percent of the single syllable words they encounter in texts” (Solity and Vousden, 2009, as cited in Burkins and Yates, 2021). By including these 109 high-frequency words as a “pre-reading” sequence, the decodable books the students will use can have more natural language patterns and not include contrived text structures.
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Sequence
One
This is the first reading sequence where explicit instruction for isolated sounds, spelling rules, and syllable types and division rules begins. Students should have mastered the skills in this sequence before beginning Sequence Two.
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Sequence
Two
Sequence Two continues to spiral skills through explicit instruction for isolated sounds, spelling rules, and syllable types and division rules.
Students should have mastered the skills in this sequence before beginning Sequence Three.
Students will:
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Sequence Three
Sequence Three continues to spiral skills through explicit instruction for isolated sounds, spelling rules, and affixes.
Students should have mastered the skills in this sequence before beginning Sequence Four.
Students will:
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Sequence Four
Sequence Four continues to spiral skills through explicit instruction for isolated sounds, spelling rules, affixes, and syllable types and division rules.
Sequence Four focuses on the CV, VV, and C+LE syllable types, long vowel variants, glued sounds, diphthongs, prefixes, and suffixes.
Students will:
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Supplemental
Sequence
Digital Only
The final sequence includes mini-lessons for less common skills/topics that teachers may need to pull to supplement lessons.
(Only available in DIGITAL format – Does NOT include any decodable books.)
K–1 Kit
*402 Total Decodable Books
$4,999
$2,499
per
kit
2–4 Kit
*600 Total Decodable Books
$5,445
$2,772
per
kit
Complete Kit
*600 Total Decodable Books
$5,699
$2,849
per
kit
Digital Only
320 Total Decodable Books
$267
annual
membership
Total Value:
$5,900.00
*These resources include six copies each for student use during small-group instruction.
Frequently Asked Questions
Structured Literacy with E.A.S.E. is a robust curriculum that not only teaches critical phonics skills—it teaches spelling rules, syllable types, syllable division rules, prefixes, and suffixes. The program incorporates phonological awareness, orthographic mapping of skill words and high-frequency words, word chaining, and more. It also uses a scaffolded approach to reading where students first practice reading individual phonemes, then move into reading phrases and sentences, and finally reading complete books. In addition to focusing on technical reading skills, the program encourages critical thinking and reading in which each lesson includes vocabulary development as well as a focus on comprehension skills and strategies.
While the program’s six sequences include skills traditionally taught in grades K-3, there is no set time frame for how long it will take students to progress through the program. Teachers should use the program assessment tools to determine where each student should begin then create skill-based student groups where the focus is specific to what the students need to learn. These groups of students will progress through the program at different rates based on how quickly they grasp each skill.
There are six sequences in this program that are intended to be taught over the course of several years. That said, the sequences are not tied to a specific grade level. The goal with this program is that students follow an explicit scope and sequence as they progress through the different skills needed to be effective readers. It is recommended that every teacher begins with the Readiness Sequence to assess student knowledge of the most common high-frequency words used in print. From there, teachers can use the provided assessments to determine where individual students fall in the program.
Structured Literacy with E.A.S.E. was designed with small-group instruction in mind. We want to encourage teachers to determine where their individual students are in their journey to learn the English code then provide instruction and support that help move them forward in the program. It is recommended this program be taught in small groups. However, if you find that all of your students could benefit from direct instruction on a specific skill, you can deliver the lesson in a whole-group setting.
Schools and districts around the country are at various stages when it comes to their transition to using the Science of Reading to guide instruction. Some have been all-in with SOR since the beginning, others are holding steadfast on using leveled readers and a general guided reading approach, while many others are somewhere in the middle–ready to implement programs that align with the Science of Reading but not ready to completely walk away from their leveled readers. If your school falls in one of the latter two groups, this program can be used to transition teachers. Because of its emphasis on all parts of Scarborough’s Reading Rope, many elements will feel familiar to all teachers; this includes reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing, phonemic awareness, and word work activities. These are all activities that great teachers in classrooms across the country have been using, regardless of which reading approach they use. This program just takes all those important elements and adds in a systematic, explicit scope and sequence for teaching decoding skills that helps students become more proficient readers. Rather than using books that are leveled based on overall reading ability, the program uses books that focus on the specific sounds and/or skills being taught. These books are professionally written and illustrated to support the program’s scope and sequence, and we have found that students become just as engaged in these stories as they would other texts written for students in grades K-3.
We are committed to ensuring that you and your students have success with this program. Every activity in the program comes with a written explanation and a step-by-step guide, and many even come with a video demonstration of the skill or activity in practice. The program was written to accommodate teachers who are brand new to the Science of Reading, so all activities will be well explained. Furthermore, training videos are regularly released to address topics ranging from specific activity implementation all the way to broader pedagogy surrounding the Science of Reading. We’ve got your back every step of the way.
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